54 B.C. ExTOMIILdCICAI, Sdcikty. 



the cliild was t ijilctely iiaral.vscil. I uf vt'Ciivcred niiciii the I'ciii ival of the tick. 



AI.v olijeet in writiiii; to the ii.-ipers at tliis lime was In iioiiit niit tliat there was 

 (langef fi'eiii wiiuil-ticl;s wlieii tlie.v attaclied Hieniselves n. ymiiiL; cliildren, and this 

 letfei- and tile siilisec|iieiit airitation wliicli it )ir(ivi)l;ed w.is I he iiiilial |ii)iiit from 

 whirli Ihe niidical laciilt.v ill Canada was lirnii-lil into conlaii witli tlie results 

 wliii ii hail roiiie miller Ihe oliservation ol' several medical men in Weslern Canada, 

 anil led lo Ihe receipt of luau.v letters of congratulation and tliaiil;s from iiarents 

 whose ihildien had been affected by wood-tick " bites." 



The further reason of my desire to o]ipn up the queslion of lirUs has until now 

 remained unpublished. 



It is a recorded fart Ihal >Ionlaiia spotled lever, whirli |iroilnced a niortalilv 

 in Ihe early limes of 11(1 per rent., was |iroilnred bv ll. n ii list us. and there are also 

 records of Ibis same fever, but ill a much mililer form, from uihcr of Ihe Western 

 Slales. 



We now come i1on\ii to the fads re;;ardiiit; /». rniiisliis and ils ally ill I'.rilish 

 Coliiml ia. I am speaking now ;is an eiilomolo^'ist. and I wish to make the state- 

 ment, re.u'ardless of all coni r.ailiii ion. that there are two licks masqneradin.s; under 

 the same name. ,\s far as sirniinre and maculation ^'o. they are iiracticall.v identical, 

 but one is a fever-lick and the other is not. 



The ally will walk all over a person without eausir.i; any uneasiness except 

 a crawly feelini;. whilst /». rrmislds appears to atteni]it to saiii entrance for its 

 suckiuK-tiibe in m.aiiy ]ilaccs. and where any sucli attack is made it results in a 

 sore spot. I have seen cases where iiersons were a mass of small irritalini; sores 

 caused by •■biles" from Ibis lick.* This slow nnirainly bui: crawls deliberately 

 over one in search of a secluded spot at which lo attach itself, whilst its nimble 

 all.v will travel three times as fast and atteniiit attachment at many points. 



You may asl; how I know that they are a different species if their form and 

 niaciil.ition are identical. Well, I have watched them, and as an entomoloijist I 

 know lliat lliey have nothing in conunon ; one is a raceliorsc, ihe oihcr a hack. 

 This is noi a scientific reason; science says that they are one. bin Ihe e.\ e of the 

 studeni fails to observe what .science accepts as ;i fact. 



Some years a.ico after the I>epartmeiit of Washini.'loii li.ul made a llioron;;!! 

 e.\aniiiiation of the wood-tick siluation in tlie Ititter Itoot \alley. Montana, there 

 appeared in one of the scientific nia.irazines an illustrated article on the subject, and 

 in this the fever-tick was cited as l>. jdliii-iniiii. When and by whom the chan.i;e in 

 nomeiiclalure was made 1 do iml know, haviiii,' no reference library, but it seems 

 |irol able to me llial. on acciiiinl of the similarity in appearance, jtilni.tiniii has been 

 relej;ated to that ever-increasin,^ list of synonyms from which it will some day have 

 to be resurrected. 



Allow me now to p.ass on to some personal narratives rcuardiim ticks. The first 

 lick I saw in Ihe Kootenays was in the early sjirin,!: of l.sisii. .\ friend .-ind myself 

 liad I cell oiii to liioli fur deer, .and when we re-entered our rowhoal to return home, 

 my friend leaped suddenly mil of Ihe rowhoat lo secure a rock with which he |ioinided 

 a jioor nnfortunale lick, wliicli he disco\cred on llic i;uiiwale of Ihe boal, lo atoms. 

 When asked why he used such strenuous methods and laiiKua.i-'e. he told me that he 

 had ,1 i;rud.i;e a.irainst all ticks by reason of the misery lie had endured from their 

 ■' biles." The reason for the rock is ex]ilained that it is almost impossilile to crush 

 a lick. If you place mie on a ll.il bo.aril. jiressiiiL: 11 down under llii' thumb with 

 the full wei.irbt of the liody. il seems only to enliven il. for when Ihe tlinnib is lifted 

 it will wall; off even faster than before. The antipathy to tick.s and the fiendish 

 deliiilit wliicli may be evinced by one who has been the subiect of their attention 

 may Ic well iiidicat(>d b.v the almost insane vindictiveness of another friraid. who 

 m.iroiiicd .1 lick .ai Ihe lop nf a bai-e rock in Ihe middle of a sawmill iioiid, lOvery 

 niorniii,;;. hail. rain, nr shine, be would n.w over to Ibis rock to look at the lick and 



■ ■kic ivfi'i-s lo ;is •Mil., ally^' is i.ii.l.ml.t..|ll.v lurmiiriiittir 



